“Her Majesty the Empress is looking for Mrs. Oswald.”
“My mother is looking for the lady?”
The head servant respectfully bowed his head towards Adel.
“I will guide you, ma’am.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Did you call for me, Your Majesty?”
Christine, dressed in neat uniform, entered the emperor’s office.
The emperor, who was seriously looking at a report at his large desk, smiled happily when he saw him.
“Come here, Count!”
Emperor Yan Valencia, in his mid40s, was tall and thin, with a somewhat nervous look.
He had often been compared to the previous emperor, who had been gentle in the early days of his reign. Especially the five senior nobles disliked him the most.
If only the previous emperor hadn’t suddenly died during the war, the throne would naturally have gone to the emperor’s young son.
But the emperor died suddenly during a time of warfare with neighboring countries. Moreover, the fortresses of Calaim were falling one by one.
In the urgent situation, the empire needed an emperor with the ability to command this situation.
The senior nobles eventually supported Duke Yan Valencia, the dead emperor’s brother.
And Emperor Yan Valencia conquered neighboring small countries one after another, expanding his territory. Thanks to this, he was now very popular among the people.
“Would you like a drink?”
Yan came out from behind his desk, holding up a transparent golden bottle of liquor, and winked.
“I’m in training.”
At the firm answer, he made an awkward face and then put the bottle to his mouth and gulped it down.
“The investiture is soon. I’ll feel more secure if you take charge of the guards.”
“You flatter me.”
“What about marrying April? How about announcing the engagement at the investiture?”
“Is that an imperial order?”
Christine’s reaction was stiff and even rude.
Yan’s brows furrowed, and he put the liquor bottle down with a thud.
“I’ve heard you’ve been to the Countess’s house. It was just to find the document I instructed you to find, right?”
“I had personal matters to investigate as well.”
“Don’t forget my warning. Don’t make April feel bad.”
Christine looked momentarily perplexed, her eyebrows twisting.
“I have not promised Her Highness any kind of future.”
Yan approached Christine and unnecessarily straightened his neat uniform.
“You know well, don’t you? You’ll soon be my strong supporter. To do that, you and April must appear to be in love. Honestly, I don’t care what you do with the Countess. But it would be difficult if others or April become suspicious and notice.”
Christine slowly grasped Yan’s hand, which was fiddling with the uniform’s epaulet.
“It’s not me who will be in trouble, Your Majesty.”
Proudly looking down, his bluegray eyes.
“……!”
Yan’s hand trembled as he suppressed his anger. Finally, he pulled his hand away from Christine, commanding as an emperor should.
“I’ll give you a month. Find the blank document and leave the Countess’s house within that time.”
“I will decide everything.”
Yan glared palely, but
Christine showed no sign of being shaken.
“Does she know your identity too?”
This was a threat.
But Christine only laughed, as if it were funny.
“Then I must reveal my identity to Her Highness as well. Even then, you will force me to marry, and the delicate Her Highness will lie beside me in fear every night. And I’m an animal who doesn’t know how to control my lust.”
“You beast!”
Ultimately, Yan, unable to contain his anger, hurled the bottle, but Christine effortlessly caught it. Not only that, the moment he gripped it with force, the bottle in his hand shattered into pieces with a ‘pop!’
“……!”
As the glass shards twinkled and fell from Christine’s hand, Yan’s face turned pale. He was suddenly afraid of the fact that Christine possessed a strength unlike that of a human.
“Do not forget who made Yan Valencia the Emperor.”
This was indeed a threat.
However, as if nothing had happened, Christine soon bowed his head respectfully.
“Then, farewell.”
Thud!
Although he closed the door and left, Yan stood still for a long time, trembling and mumbling to himself.
“I raised him too much……!”
The Emperor of Calaim, feared and revered by the whole world.
How dare he look down on him with those arrogant eyes!
But the discovery was not without reward. He had learned that even the beastly man, who seemed to have no weakness, had a vulnerability.
Adel Oswald……
It was definitely not a mere acquaintance. When speaking of her, he had the eyes of a ferocious male.
Perhaps she could become the reins to control him.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]It seemed the Empress was on her way from hunting.
Dressed in riding attire, with a horse whip in her hand, she was crossing the imperial garden. Her clothes were splattered with blood.
She had fought alongside the Emperor on the battlefield, coming from a lower knight’s family. Hence, the senior aristocrats often questioned the Empress’s origin and qualifications. After all, every Empress until now had been the fair maidens of the senior aristocratic families.
“Your Majesty the Empress.”
As Adel greeted,
“You seem to have done very well lately.”
The Empress, looking Adel over from head to toe, didn’t hide her dissatisfaction.
Adel, who used to appear at the New Year’s party as the shabbiest, wore an outdated dress without a single piece of jewelry. A povertystricken Countess.
But now, both her clothes and the overall ambiance were much more luxurious. More importantly, her face was radiant.
“It’s all thanks to Your Majesties. I’m grateful for the permission to supply my desserts to the imperial palace.”
“Well, women become prettier when they have a man. Especially when they have a wealthy man, they become more affluent in many ways.”
“Pardon?”
Adel’s eyes widened in surprise.
The Empress smiled thinly and signaled the attendants behind her.
Soon, a bloodyhaired woman was dragged out and knelt on the floor.
The Empress looked down at her and spoke to Adel, as if to make her understand.
“I despise immoral people the most. Especially those vulgar creatures who flirt with other men, believing in their halfpretty face, make me nauseated.”
“I don’t understand why you are saying this to me.”
Adel asked, barely containing her feeling of being insulted.
“This woman is Lady Linette, the spouse of His Majesty. Trusting in the affection of a man, she dared to touch the Empress’s belongings, so I’m teaching her a lesson by cutting off her wrist.”
As soon as the words were finished, the bloodied woman screamed and clung to the Empress but was soon dragged away by the attendants.
The Empress then lifted Adel’s chin with the handle of her whip.
“To put it simply, our April will soon marry Viscount Bice. So, you should stop throwing yourself around carelessly like before.”
Adel’s face turned red with shame. Everyone around her glanced at her and whispered, looking at her as if she were a prostitute.
Clasping her hands together, Adel stared straight at the Empress.
“Don’t you trust the Viscount that much?”
“What?”
“Your Majesties chose him. More than that, he is not someone who would turn his eyes to someone else when he has a woman in his heart.”
“Shut your mouth!”
The Empress shouted furiously.
But Adel stubbornly looked at her and said,
“I can no longer tolerate words that doubt the honor of the Viscount.”
“You dare, you little wretch!”
The Empress’s whip sliced sharply through the air.
Swish!
A sharp whip sound was heard, and blood splattered into the air.
“Ah!”
Startled, Adel looked up quickly. A large shadow blocked her view.
“Viscount Bice!”
People screamed.
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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